MINUTES 


OF  THE 


SIXTH  ANNUAL  MEETING 

THE  LIBRAW 

op  T,,E  Of  THE 

UNIVERSE  OF  ILUhuui 

STOCKHOLDERS 


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WITH 


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PHILADELPHIA: 

MERRIHEW  & SON,  PRINTERS, 

243  Arch  Street. 

1870. 


MINUTES 


OF  THE 


SIXTH  ANNUAL  MEETING 


OF  THE 


STOCKHOLDERS 


SWARTHMORE  COLLEGE, 


Held  in  Philadelphia,  on  the  1st  of  Twelfth  Month,  1869, 


WITH  THE 


REPORT  OP  THE  BOARD  OF  MANAGERS, 
REVISED  BY-LAWS, 


AND  LIST  OF 


OFFICERS  AND  COMMITTEES. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

MBRRIHEW  & SON,  PRINTERS, 

243  Arch  Street. 

1870. 


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CLEMENT  M.  BIDDLE. 


CLERKS, 

EDITH  W.  ATLEE. 
BOARD  OF  MANAGERS, 


WILLIAM  DORSEY, 
ISAAC  STEPHENS, 
JOSEPH  POWELL, 
EDWARD  HOOPES, 
HUGH  McILVAIN, 
CLEMENT  BIDDLE, 

S.  B.  WORTH, 

SAMUEL  WILLETS, 
DANIEL  UNDERHILL, 
EDWARD  MERRITT, 
ELWOOD  BURDSALL, 
JOHN  D.  HICKS, 
CHARLES  T.  BUNTING, 
WILLIAM  H.  MACY, 

B.  RUSH  ROBERTS, 
GERARD  H.  REESE,. 


DEBORAH  F.  WHARTON, 
RACHEL  T.  JACKSON, 
LETITIA  S.  CADWALLADER, 
MARTHA  G.  McILVAIN, 
ANNA  M.  HOPPER. 
ELIZABETH  DORSEY, 
ELIZABETH  S.  WORTH, 

JANE  P.  DOWNING, 
ELIZABETH  M.  BOOTH, 

HANNAH  W.  HAYDOCK, 
LYDIA  A.  LOCKWOOD, 
CAROLINE  UNDERHILL, 
ELIZA  H.  BELL, 

MARGARET  G.  CORLIES, 

ELLEN  RILEY, 

ELIZABETH  B.  SMITH, 


TREASURER, 

HENRY  M.  LAING, 

No.  30  North  Third  Street,  Philadelphia. 


RECEIVERS, 

SAMUEL  WILLETS, 

Pearl  Street,  New  York. 

CLEMENT  M.  BIDDLE, 

No.  509  Commerce  Street,  Philadelphia. 

GERARD  H.  REESE, 

Pratt  Street,  Baltimore. 


FRESIDENT  OF  THE  COLLEGE, 

EDWARD  PARRISH, 

Oakdale,  Delaware  Co.,  Pa. 


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CLERKS, 

CLEMENT  M.  BIDDLE.  EDITH  W.  ATLEE. 


AUDITORS, 

CLEMENT  BIDDLE,  WILLIAM  DORSEY. 


FINANCE, 

WILLIAM  DORSEY,  EDWARD  HOOPES, 

CLEMENT  M.  BIDDLE. 


BUILDING, 

HUGH  McILVAIN,  EDWARD  HOOPES, 

ELWOOD  BURDSALL,  GERARD  H.  REESE, 

S.  B.  WORTH. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE, 


EDWARD  HOOPES, 
HUGH  McILVAIN, 
WM.  DORSEY, 
CLEMENT  BIDDLE, 

S.  B.  WORTH, 
DANIEL  UNDERHILL, 
JOHN  D.  HICKS, 
GERARD  H.  REESE, 


RACHEL  T.  JACKSON, 
ANNA  M.  HOPPER, 
ELIZABETH  S.  WORTH, 
MARTHA  G.  McILVAIN, 
JANE  P.  DOWNING, 
HANNAH  W.  HAYDOCK, 
MARGARET  G.  CORLIES, 
ELIZABETH  B.  SMITH. 


• MINUTES. 


At  the  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  Swartli- 
more  College,  held  at  Race  Street  Meeting  House,  Philadelphia, 
12th  mo.  7th,  1869  : 

The  minutes  of  the  last  annual  meeting,  as  engrossed  by  the 
Clerks,  were  read  and  approved. 

By  information  received  from  the  Board,  we  are  informed 
that  the  term  of  the  following  members  expires  at  this  time : 
William  Dorsey,  Hugh  Mcllvain, 

Helen  (1.  Longstreth  (resigned),  Lydia  A.  Lockwood, 
Samuel  Willets,  Daniel  Underhill, 


Ellen  Riley. 


Ann  S.  Dudley, 


To  nominate  eight  stockholders  to  fill  the  vacancies  in  the 
Board  of  Managers,  and  also  two  Friends  for  Clerk  and  Assist- 
ant Clerk  the  ensuing  year, — 


Samuel  Willets, 
Clement  M.  Biddle, 
Mary  Jeanes, 

Martha  G.  Mcllvain, 


George  Truman, 

Robert  Haydock, 

Harriet  E.  Stockley,  and 
Elizabeth  B.  Smith, 


were  appointed. 

The  reports  of  the  Board  of  Managers  and  of  the  Treasurer 
were  read  and  accepted ; they  are  referred  to  the  Board  for 
publication. 

T.  Ellwood  Chapman,  Franklin  S.  Wilson  and  Daniel  Under- 
hill were  appointed  inspectors  of  election. 

The  nominating  committee,  after  having  retired  for  consulta- 
tion, reported  the  following  nominees  : 


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Managers  for  four  years , 


Samuel  Willets, 
William  Dorsey, 
Jane  P.  Downing, 
Ellen  Riley, 


Hugh  Mcllvain, 
Lydia  A.  Lockwood, 
Daniel  Underhill, 
Margaret  Gr.  Coriies. 


Clerics  for  one  year , 

Clement  M.  Biddle,  Edith  W*  Atlee. 

T.  Clarkson  Taylor  requested  to-be  released  from  membership 
in  the  Board  of  Managers,  being  prevented  by  pressing  engage- 
ments from  giving  full  attention  to  its  duties.  The  resignation 
was  accepted,  and  S.  B.  Worth  was  nominated  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

A ballot  was  held,  and  the  inspectors  of  election  reported  the 
election  of  all  the  nominees,  without  opposition. 

The  Board  of  Managers  having  recently  revised  the  By-Laws, 
they  were  now  read  and  approved,  and  referred  for  publication 
with  the  Minutes. 

A proposition  was  made  to  increase  the  capital  stock  of  the 
Corporation  to  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($300,000),  which 
was  approved,  and  the  Board  of  Managers  is  authorized  to  issue 
certificates  of  stock  to  that  amount. 

The  Furnishing  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  meet- 
ing is  continued,  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee in  raising  funds  and  furnishing  the  remaining  rooms  in 
the  College  building. 

The  meeting  then  concluded. 

Clement  M.  Biddle, 
Edith  W.  Atlee, 

Clerks . 


BOARD  OF  MANAGERS1  REPORT. 


To  the  Stockholders : 


The  Board  of  Managers  respectfully  report  that,  in  view  of 
the  laborious  and  responsible  task  we  have  been,  so  long  engaged 
in,  we  have  cause  to  be  thankful  that  we  have,  at  length,  been 
able  to  open  the  College  and  to  see  it  in  successful  operation. 

By  a report  received  from  the  Building  Committee  we  find 
that  those  parts  of  the  College  building  essential  to  its  occu- 
pancy have  been  satisfactorily  finished,  and  that  the  laundry 
building  is  nearly  completed.  The  steam  heating  apparatus  and 
gas  works  are  in  successful  operation,  though  some  portions  of 
the  plumbing  work  are  as  yet  rather  unsatisfactory,  and  will  re- 
quire modification. 

The  amounts  paid  by  the  Building  Committee  thus  far  are 
nearly  as  follows : 


For  College  building  proper,  . . §204,475  41 

Farm  account,  ....  200  00 

Heating,  ventilating,  gas  works,  &c.,  . 7791  61 

Water- works,  grading,  and  other  out-door  work,  4500  00 
Laundry  building,  boiler  house  and  bakery,  4000  00 
Insurance,  .....  2023  60 

Balance  in  hand,  ....  965  38 


§223,956  00 

Unfinished  contracts  and  necessary  work  not  yet  provided  for 
will  require  a further  expenditure  by  this  Committee  of  about 
,000. 


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The  Household  Committee  report  purchases  as  follows : 


Carpets,  rugs,  matting,  &c.,  . . . § 1862  10 

Furniture,  viz.  : bedsteads,  bureaus,  washstands, 

tables,  chairs,  sofas,  lounges,  &c.,  . . 7198  04 

Mattrasses,  beds,  pillows,  &c.,  . . . 5672  00 

Blankets,  ......  2691  35 

Copper  steam  boilers,  &c.,  ....  410  25 

Dry  goods,  viz. : sheetings,  pillow-muslin,  bed- 
spreads, table  cloths,  napkins,  towels,  &c.,  . 1798  37 

House-furnishing  sundries,  ....  345  80 

Cutlery  and  hardware,  ....  234  14 

Spoons,  forks,  &c.,  . . . 372  55 

Scales,  . . . . . 28  05 

Freight,  ......  183  66 

Sundry  small  bills,  . . . 42  86 

Cleaning,  &c.,  &c.,  ....  267  34 

China,  glass  and  earthenware,  about  . . 1200  00 


Amounting  to,  say  ....  $22,576  51 
$18,467.96  of  this  sum  has  been  paid,  of  which  $8,467.96  was 
raised  by  the  Women’s  Furnishing  Committee,  and  $10,000  was 
received  from  the  Treasurer  as  part  of  the  appropriation  for  fur- 
nishing. $2908.55  of  these  expenditures  remain  unpaid. 

By  the  Report  of  the  President  we  learn  that  the  school  has 
been  organized,  and  was  duly  opened  on  the  8th  of  Eleventh 
month  last,  with  170  students — 88  boys  and  82  girls — graded 
as  follows  : 


College  Class  (Freshmen), 
Preparatory  School — Class  A, 

20. 

24. 

a 

u 

Class  B — 1st 

Div., 

27.1 

u 

a 

“ “ 2d 

u 

24. 

74. 

u 

a 

“ “ 3d 

it 

23.  J 

it 

u 

Class  C — 1st 

Div., 

29-1 

u 

a 

“ “ 2d 

u 

16.  j 

52. 

it 

u 

“ “ 3d 

u 

7.j 

170 

There  are 

many  difficulties  incident 

to  beginning 

a large 

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school,  against  which  we  have  necessarily  had  to  contend  during 
the  four  weeks  that  have  elapsed  since  the  opening,  yet  the 
faculty  have  been  agreeably  disappointed  in  the  progress  made 
by  the  several  classes  in  their  studies  and  by  the  order  and  dis- 
cipline which  already  prevails  throughout.  This  has  been  much 
promoted  by  the  influence  of  the  sexes  upon  each  other,  by  which 
many  of  the  disadvantages  usual  in  boarding  school  life  are  pre- 
vented. The  students,  who  are  measurably  thrown  together  in 
the  intervals  of  their  studies  and  recitations,  conduct  themselves 
sensibly  and  rationally,  with  a just  appreciation  of  their  proper 
relations  to  each  other.  Although,  by  division  of  labor  among 
the  Professors,  teachers  and  officers  of  the  household,  all  the 
students  are  under  constant  supervision,  the  wholesome  public 
sentiment  which  prevails  among  the  large  majority  has  so  influ- 
enced the  discipline  and  order  that  instances  have  been  rare  in 
which  the  direct  exercise  of  authority  has  been  either  necessary 
or  desirable.  When,  however,  it  has  been  required,  promptness 
and  decision  have  always  secured  ready  obedience  and  respect. 
The  discipline  of  the  school  has,  indeed,  steadily  improved  since 
it  was  opened,  and,  it  is  confidently  believed,  will  already  com- 
pare favorably  with  that  of  any  institution  of  the  kind  with 
which  we  are  acquainted. 

We  have,  up  to  this  date,  seven  applications  for  admission  at 
the  opening  of  next  term,  and  one  for  a day  scholar  to  be  admit- 
ted at  once. 

The  necessity  of  a gymnasium  for  boys  has  been  very  ap- 
parent, especially  on  those  days  when  the  weather  or  the  soft- 
ness of  the  grounds  around  the  building  have  prevented  the  usual 
out-door  sports. 

So  large  a number  of  young  men  and  boys  should  not  be  kept 
without  abundant  means  of  physical  exercise.  A few  hundred 
dollars  would  enable  us  to  fit  up  a temporary  gymnasium  at  once, 
and  it  would  be  highly  appreciated  by  the  students. 

We  have  not  felt  justified  in  the  present  state  of  our  finances 
in  making  provision  for  the  arrangement  of  a library,  of  which 
we  already  have  a nucleus  by  donations.  The  want  of  miscel- 
laneous reading  matter  is  much  felt  among  the  students  and 
teachers.  We  have  need  of  cases  for  minerals,  birds  and  other 


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specimens  of  Natural  History,  which  we  already  own,  and,  as 
yet,  have  no  apparatus  for  the  illustration  of  lectures  on  Chem- 
istry and  the  Natural  and  Physical  Sciences,  except  a few 
pieces  presented  to  us  by  our  friends. 

As  soon  as  the  building  shall  be  completed  and  furnished,  the 
Board  design  directing  their  energies  toward  making  more  ample 
provision  for  extended  courses  of  instruction  in  all  the  depart- 
ments included  in  our  curriculum.  This  will  involve  not  only 
the  supply  of  specimens  and  apparatus,  but  the  appointment  of 
additional  professors  and  teachers. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  Report  of  the  Treasurer,  submitted 
herewith,  and  to  the  fact  that  nearly  $10,000  of  former  subscrip- 
tions remain  unpaid.  Those  in  arrears  will  confer  a great  favor 
upon  the  Treasurer  and  Finance  Committee  by  making  payment 
at  an  early  day. 

The  attention  of  the  Stockholders  is  also  asked  to  the  large 
deficit  still  remaining  and  calling  for  farther  contributions. 

Our  friend  Harriet  E.  Stockly  being  prevented  from  attending 
the  meetings  of  the  Board,  has  been  compelled  to  resign,  and 
we  have  appointed  Elizabeth  M.  Booth,  of  Chester,  a member 
of  the  Board  for  her  unexpired  term. 

Our  friend  Helen  Gr.  Longstreth,  having  assumed  the  position 
of  Matron  at  the  College,  has  also  resigned  from  the  Board,  and 
the  Stockholders  are  requested  to  select  another  Manager  in  her 
place,  which  would  be  vacated  by  limitation  at  this  meeting. 

Signed, 

Clement  M.  Biddle, 

Cleric  of  the  Board  of  Managers. 


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TREASURER’S  REPORT. 


Henry  M.  Lainq,  Treasurer , in  account  with  Swarthmore  College. 

DR. 

1868. 

12th  mo.  To  balance  on  hand,  . . . . $ 4,770  38 

“ cash  (donations)  received  from  Phila.,$  2,462.30 

‘ 8,467.96 


“ “ (women’s  collections)  “ 

“ “ (stock)  " 

“ “ received  from  New  York, 
“ “ “ Baltimore, 


54,855.00 


65,785  26 
26,290  00 
3,400  00 


CR. 

By  cash,  paid  on  account  of  Westdale 
“ “ “ organization, 

“ “ “ construction, 

u “ " furnishing, 


Balance  on  hand, 


Philadelphia , 12th  mo.  Gth,  1869. 


$ 800.00 
3,643.42 
75.000.00 
20,642.66 


100,086  08 


. $ 159  56 

Henry  M.  Laing,  Treasurer. 


Having  examined  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and  compared  them 
with  his  vouchers,  I find  said  accounts  to  be  correct,  and  the  balance  re- 
maining in  his  hands  on  the  above  date  to  be  $159.56, 

Clement  Biddle,  Auditor. 

Uth  mo.  6, 1869, 


APPENDIX. 


DONATIONS. 

Recent  donations  to  the  College  are  acknowledged  as  follows : 

400  specimens  of  birds,  quadrupeds  and  reptiles  of  Chester 
county,  Pa.,  from  Ezra  Michener,  M.D.,  and  Edward  Hoopes. 

The  College  bell,  in  the  belfry  ; also  a collection  of  miscella- 
neous hooks  for  the  west  parlor,  from  Barton  Hoopes. 

Framed  engravings  of  William  Penn  and  Abraham  Lincoln, 
from  Henry  M.  Laing. 

A cane  which  belonged  to  George  Fox,  also  a bust  of  Elias 
Hicks,  life  size,  from  Isaac  Stephens. 

Chemical  apparatus  and  glass  ware,  from  Joshua  Hoopes. 

Globes,  small  air  pump,  and  other  apparatus,  from  George 
Smith,  M.D. 

Specimens  illustrative  of  ethnology,  the  stone  age,  from  Mahlon 
Carver. 

Indian  arrow  head,  dug  on  the  grounds  of  the  College,  from 
B.  Franklin  Hall. 

Specimens,  51  genera  (145  species)  of  shells,  from  S.  Raymond 
Roberts. 

Collection  of  minerals,  and  herbarium,  from  Jas.  Collins,  M.D. 

Collection  of  minerals,  from  Theodore  Rand. 

Model  of  steam  boiler,  from  the  “ Root  Boiler  Company.” 

Velocipede,  from  Thomas  C.  Parrish. 

Game  of  croquet,  from  Evans  & Paiste. 

Four  dozen  thermometers,  from  William  Y.  McAllister. 

Bread  cutter,  and  other  utensils,  from  Jacob  Capron. 

Mantle  vases,  through  William  Dorsey. 

Specimens  illustrative  of  porcelain  manufacture,  from  Ruben- 
came  & Barker. 

Photographs  of  several  Friends,  from  Wilson  Henszey. 

Register  for  names  of  visitors,  from  Wm.  F.  Murphy’s  Sons. 

Register  for  names  of  contributors,  from  William  Mann. 

Special  donation  of  $100,  to  be  appropriated  by  the  President 
to  the  purchase  of  chemical  apparatus,  from  S.  B.  Worth. 


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Parts  of  human  skeleton,  Chinese  opium  pipe,  and  other  con- 
tributions to  the  museum,  from  Edward  Parrish. 

To  the  Library. 

Journal  of  George  Fox.  Quarto,  1765,  from  Jacob  Capron. 

Series  of  “ Congressional  Globe,”  and  other  public  documents, 
from  John  M.  Broomall. 

Exploring  Expedition  to  the  Pacific,  12  quarto  volumes,  hand- 
somely illustrated,  from  Gen.  John  G.  Parker,  through  Washing- 
ton Townsend,  M.  C. 

Wilkes’  Exploring  Expedition,  five  volumes,  illustrated  ; also 
Lardner’s  Lectures,  and  other  books,  from  Patience  Smith. 

Genealogy  of  the  Macy  Family,  from  William  H.  Macy. 

Standard  Friends’  books,  old  editions,  from  Cyrus  Livezey. 

Eminent  Women  of  the  Age,  from  Anna  T.  Laing. 

History  of  Delaware  County,  from  George  Smith,  M.D. 

The  New  Testament  in  Greek  and  Latin,  with  a Syriac  ver- 
sion (in  Hebrew  type)  and  a Latin  translation  of  the  same,  and 
Chaldaic  and  Syriac  Grammar.  By  Immanuel  Tremellius,  1569. 
Belonging  to  the  library  of  the  late  Dr.  Joseph  Parrish.  From 
Joseph  Parrish,  M.D. 

100  volumes,  mostly  standard  treatises  on  History  and  Bi- 
ography and  bound  serials,  from  Edward  Parrish. 

“ Scientific  American,”  two  copies  for  the  year  1870,  to  be 
placed  in  the  Reading  Room,  from  George  Truman,  M.D. 

Sturm’s  Reflections,  and  other  books,  from  George  Corlies. 

The  Geography  of  Heroditus,  from  Richard  D.  Webb. 

A valuable  illustrated  work  on  Astronomy,  also  Roscoe  on 
Spectrum  Analysis,  through  N.  P.  Hallowell,  from  Sarah  S. 
Forbes. 

Photographs  of  European  views,  through  Prof.  Anna  Hallowell, 
from  Thomas  Mellor. 

Valuable  collection  of  photographs  illustrating  ancient  and 
modern  history,  through  Prof.  Anna  Hallowell,  from  Louisa 
Shaw. 

Photographs  of  European  scenery,  through  Prof.  Anna  Hal- 
lowell,; from  Henry  C.  Davis. 

A collection  of  engravings,  from  Elizabeth  J.  Pike. 


BY-LAWS. 


Law  1. — Meetings. 

There  shall  be  four  stated  meetings  of  the  Board  annually — 
on  the  first  Third-day  in  the  Fourth,  Ninth  and  Twelfth  months, 
and  on  the  adjournment  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  stock- 
holders. Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  Clerk,  when 
requested  by  five  members.  Eleven  members  constitute  a quo- 
rum. 

Law  2. — Officers  and  Committees. 

A Clerk,  Assistant  Clerk,  Treasurer,  Auditors,  Committee  of 
Finance  and  an  Executive  Committee,  shall  be  appointed  an- 
nually at  the  meeting  succeeding  the  annual  meeting  of  stock- 
holders, and  should  none  be  appointed  at  that  time,  those  pre- 
viously appointed  shall  continue  to  fulfil  the  several  duties  pre- 
scribed until  others  are  duly  appointed. 

Law  3. — The  Clerks. 

The  Clerk  and,  in  his  or  her  absence,  the  Assistant  Clerk, 
shall  keep  regular  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  as 
adopted  at  the  time ; shall  notify  the  members  of  the  time  and 
place  of  meeting,  inform  Committees  of  their  appointment,  and 
act  under  direction  of  the  Board  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
office. 


Law  4. — The  Treasurer. 

The  Treasurer  shall  hold  the  funds  belonging  to  the  Corpo- 
ration, subject  to  the  disposition  of  the  Board ; shall  sign  the 
certificates  of  stock,  and  shall  issue  these,  on  demand,  to  all 
subscribers  who  have  paid  their  installments  in  full.  In  the  in- 


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vestment  of  the  funds  he  shall  be  guided  by  the  advice  and  di- 
rection of  the  Finance  Committee.  He  shall  report  to  the 
Board  at  the  stated  meetings  in  the  Fourth  and  Twelfth  months. 

Law  5. — The  Finance  Committee. 

The  Finance  Committee  shall  draw  all  orders  on  the  Trea- 
surer for  expenses  authorized  by  minute  of  the  Board,  and  the 
orders  shall  not  be  valid  without  the  signatures  of  at  least  two  of 
this  Committee.  They  shall  also  advise  with  and  direct  the 
Treasurer  in  regard  to  the  investment  of  the  accumulated  funds 
of  the  Corporation. 

Law  6. — The  Auditors. 

The  auditors  shall  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  twice 
in  the  year,  immediately  previous  to  the  time  of  his  reports,  to 
which  they  shall  append  the  result  of  their  audits. 

Law  T. — The  Executive  Committee. 

This  Committee  shall  consist  of  sixteen  members,  who  shall 
have  the  general  supervision  of  the  College,  &c.,  during  the  re- 
cess of  the  Board  of  Managers,  and  subject  to  its  approval,  shall 
decide  upon  such  appointments  of  Professors  and  Teachers  as 
may  become  necessary. 

They  shall  also  appoint  such  other  employes  as  may,  in  their 
judgment,  be  required. 

They  shall  render  the  Faculty  such  aid  as  may  be  in  their 
power  in  relation  to  instruction  and  discipline,  and  report 
their  proceedings,  twice  in  the  year,  to  the  Board  of  Managers. 

Law  8. — The  Faculty. 

The  President  and  other  Professors  of  the  College,  with  the 
Principal  of  the  Preparatory  Department  and  Matron,  shall  hold 
regular  meetings,  arrange  the  course  of  study,  determine  the 
qualifications  for  admission  into  the  several  departments  and 
classes,  and  for  graduation,  decide  upon  rules  of  order  and  de- 
termine all  questions  pertaining  to  the  discipline  or  instruction, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  report 
through  the  President  to  the  Board  at  least  twice  a year. 


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Law  9. — Annual  Report. 

The  first  named  in  each  of  the  Standing  Committees,  with  the 
President,  shall  be  a Committee  to  frame  the  annual  report  to 
the  stockholders,  which  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Board  for  ap- 
proval at  the  meeting  immediately  preceding  the  annual  meeting. 

Law  10. — Alterations  and  Amendments. 

These  by-laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  meeting  of 
the  Board  next  preceding  the  annual  meeting. 


STATED  MEETINGS. 


The  Stockholders’  meeting  is  held  annually  on  the  first  Third- 
day  in  the  Twelfth  month,  at  3 o’clock  P.  M.,  according  to  pub- 
lic notice  in  one  or  more  newspapers  published  respectively  in 
Philadelphia,  New  York  and  Baltimore. 

The  Board  of  Managers’  meetings  are  held  on  the  first  Third- 
day  in  the  Fourth,  Ninth  and  Twelfth  months. 

The  Executive  Committee’s  meetings  are  held  on  the  first 
Third-day  in  each  month,  at  3 o’clock,  P.  M.,  at  the  College. 


© 


FIRST 


PHILADELPHIA: 

MBRBIHEW  & SON,  PRINTERS, 

243  Arch  Street. 

1870. 


CORPORATION 


CLERKS, 

CLEMENT  M.  BIDDLE,  EDITH  W.  ATLEE. 

BOARD . OF  MANAGERS, 


WILLIAM  DORSEY, 
ISAAC  STEPHENS, 
JOSEPH  POWELL, 
EDWARD  HOOPES, 
HUGH  McILVAIN, 
CLEMENT  BIDDLE, 

S.  B.  WORTH, 

SAMUEL  WILLETS, 
DANIEL  UNDERHILL, 
EDWARD  MERRITT, 
ELWOOD  BURDSALL, 
JOHN  D.  HICKS, 
CHARLES  T.  BUNTING, 
WILLIAM  H.  MACY, 

B.  RUSH  ROBERTS, 
GERARD  H.  REESE, 


DEBORAH  F.  WHARTON, 
RACHEL  T.  JACKSON, 
LETITI A.  S.  CADWALLADER, 
MARTHA  G.  McILVAIN, 
ANNA  M.  HOPPER. 
ELIZABETH  DORSEY, 
ELIZABETH  S.  WORTH,  4 
JANE  P.  DOWNING, 
ELIZABETH  M.  BOOTH, 

HANNAH  W.  HAYDOCK, 
LYDIA  A.  LOCKWOOD, 
CAROLINE  UNDERHILL, 
ELIZA  H.  BELL, 

MARGARET  G.  CORLIES, 

ELLEN  RILEY, 

ELIZABETH  B.  SMITH, 


TREASURER, 

HENRY  M.  LAING, 

No.  30  North  Third  Street,  Philadelphia. 


|)jjkqsi  and  Committed  of  the 


loard. 


CLERKS, 

CLEMENT  M.  BIDDLE.  EDITH  W.  ATLEE. 

AUDITORS, 

CLEMENT  BIDDLE,  WILLIAM  DORSEY. 


FINANCE, 

WILLIAM  DORSEY,  EDWARD  HOOPES, 

CLEMENT  M.  BIDDLE. 


BUILDING, 

HUGH  McILVAIN,  EDWARD  HOOPES, 

ELWOOD  BURDSALL,  GERARD  H.  REESE, 

S.  B.  WORTH. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE, 


EDWARD  HOOPES, 
HUGH  McILYAIN, 
WM.  DORSEY, 
CLEMENT  BIDDLE, 

S.  B.  WORTH, 
DANIEL  UNDERHILL, 
JOHN  D.  HICKS, 
GERARD  H.  REESE, 


RACHEL  T.  JACKSON, 
ANNA  M.  HOPPER, 
ELIZABETH  S.  WORTH, 
MARTHA  G.  McILYAIN, 
JANE  P.  DOWNING, 
HANNAH  W.  HAYDOCK, 
MARGARET  G.  CORLIES, 
ELIZABETH  B.  SMITH. 


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Calendar. 


First  Term  began 
Inauguration, 

First  Term  ended 
Second  Term  began 
Recess, 

Second  Term  ends 
Commemoration  Day, 


Second-day,  nth  mo.  8th,  1869. 
Fourth-day,  nth  mo.  10th,  1869. 
Fourth-day,  2d  mo.  2d,  1870. 
Fifth-day,  2d  mo.  3d,  1870. 
Seventh-day,  5th  month  7th,  to 
Second-day,  5th  mo.  16th,  1870. 
Fourth-day,  6th  mo.  29th,  1870. 
Fourth-day,  6th  mo.  29th,  1870. 


Vacation,  Ten  weeks. 

First  Term,  1870-71,  begins  Fifth-day,  9th  mo.  8th,  1870. 
Examination  for  admission,  Third-day,  9th  mo.  6th,  1870. 


EDWARD  PARRISH,  President. 

HELEN  G.  LONGSTRETH,  Matron. 
EDWARD  H.  M AGILE,  A.  M.,  Principal. 


CLEMENT  L.  SMITH,  A.  M.,  Secretary. 


DEPARTMENT  OP  INSTRUCTION. 


EDWARD  PARRISH, 


President,  and  Professor  of  Ethics  and  of  Chemistry  and  Natural  Science. 


EDWARD  H.  MAGILL,  A.  M., 


Principal,  and  Professor  of  the  Latin  and  French  Language  and  Literature. 


Professor  of  History  and  English  Literature. 


\ 


CLEMENT  L.  SMITH,  A.  M., 

Professor  of  the  Greek  and  German  Language  and  Literature,  and  Acting 
Professor  of  Mathematics. 

EMILY  HALLO  WELL, 

Teacher  of  English  Branches. 


SUSAN  J.  CUNNINGHAM, 

Teacher  of  Mathematics. 


* The  duties  of  this  Chair  are  at  present  performed  by  Maria  L.  Sanford. 


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SUSAN  W.  JANNEY, 

Teacher  of  Penmanship  and  of  Botany. 

MARIA  L.  SANFORD, 


Teacher  of  the  English  Language  and  Literature,  and  of  History. 


ELIZABETH  G.  MACY, 

Teacher  of  Vocal  Culture  and  Reading. 

ELIZABETH  W.  CABEEN, 

Teacher  of  French  and  of  English  Branches. 
Virginia  L.  Dolby,  ) 


Assistant  Teacfiers. 


ANN  PRESTON,  M.  D., 


Lecturer  on  Physiology  and  Hygiene. 


ADRIAN  G.  EBELL,  Ph.  B.,  M.  D., 


Lecturer  on  Natural  History. 


J.  A.  CONGDON, 

Professor  of  Penmanship. 


fudenls 


* 


EPARTMENT, 


FRESHMAN  CLASS. 


Acton,  Sarah  Hall,  . 

Booth,  George  Martin, 
Carpenter,  Margaret  Hagan, 
Carver,  Miranda  Caroline,  W 
Chandlee,  Henry, 

Conrovv,  Joseph  Darnell,  . 
Cromwell,  Albert,  ^ 

Earle,  Alice,  W 
Field,  Phebe  Anna,  . 

Griffen,  Jennie  Haydock, 
Jefferis,  Lucille, 

Magill,  Helen, 

Miller,  Elizabeth  Clarke, 
Moore,  Hettie  Townsend,  . 
Painter,  Annie, 

Pancoast,  James  Walter,  . 
Parrish,  Samuel  Franklin, 
Parry,  Oliver, 

Paschall,  Alfred, 

Paschall,  Samuel  Edward, 
Pierce,  Lydia  Maria  Child,  . 
Preston,  Forest,  . 

Sutton,  Ella,  . 

Willets,  Amy, 

Willets,  Jane  Rushmore, 
Worth,  John  Sharpless,  . 


. Salem,  N.  J. 

Chester. 

. Rye,  N.  Y. 

. West  Chester. 

• Still  Pond,  Md. 

Philadelphia. 

. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Philadelphia. 

. Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

. West  Chester. 

Swarthmore  College. 

, Morris,  N.  Y. 

Sandy  Spring,  Md. 

. West  Chester. 

Sharpstown,  N.  J. 

. Swarthmore  College. 

Cinnaminson,  N.  J. 

. West.Chester. 

West  Chester. 

. Pleasantville,  N.  Y. 

Oak  Hill. 

' Mount  Washington,  Md. 

Jericho,  N.  Y. 

. Jericho,  N.  Y. 

. Coatesville. 


* Those  marked  (1)  attended  during  the  first  term  only  ; those  marked  (2),  the  second 
term  only. 


^REPARATOF^Y  JDePAI^TMENT 


CLASS  A. 


Bloodgood,  Mary  Amelia, 

Manchester,  N.  Y. 

Conrow,  George  Eckelton  Barber, 

. Philadelphia. 

Fairlamb,  Joseph  Maris,  . 

Media. 

Green,  William  Lamborn, 

. Media. 

Griffen,  Elizabeth  Valentine, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Hall,  Amy,  . 

. Oakdale. 

Haviland,  Alfred  Treadway, 

Hart’s  Village,  N.  Y 

Hilliard,  Joseph  Bernard, 

. Salem,  N.  J. 

Hoopes,  Herman, . 

Philadelphia. 

Jenks,  Oliver  Martin, 

. Philadelphia. 

Letchworth,  Elizabeth  Thornton, 

Philadelphia. 

Lippincott,  Mary  Ogden, 

. Salem,  N.  J. 

Lippincott,  William  Thorne, 

Moorestown,  N.  J. 

Powell,  Pennock, 

. Upper  Darby. 

Powell,  Kobert  Ervin, 

Upper  Darby. 

Roberts,  Reuben  Matlack, 

. Moorestown,  N.  J. 

Rogers,  Ella, 

Mount  Holly,  N.  J. 

Scott,  Edmund  Wilson, 

. Sandy  Spring,  Md. 

Smith,  Mary  Isabell, 

Lambertville,  N.  J. 

Steele,  John  Hall, 

. Pottstown. 

Sutton,  Charles  Thomas,  . 

Mount  Kisco,  N.  Y. 

Taylor,  Lowndes, 

. West  Chester. 

Turner,  Annie, 

Still  Pond,  Md. 

Valentine,  Stephen,  Jr., 

. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Warriner,  Emily, 

Philadelphia. 

Willets,  Edmund  Robert, 

. Roslyn,  N.  Y. 

Williams,  Frank  Howard, 

Buckingham. 

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Antrim,  Ella  Wandell,  (2) 
Atkinson,  Fannie  Newlin, 
Baker,  Anna, 

Barnes,  Ida  Platte, 

Battelle,  Minnie  Fuller, 

Benton,  Jessie  Sarah, 

Boone,  Harriet  Hughes,  (2)  . 
Booth,  John  Broomall,  . 
Bowne,  Ella  Frost,  . 
Cadwallader,  Lillie  Yardley, 
Carey,  Sallie  Margaret,  (2) 
Cavender,  Mary,. 

Clark,  Ella,  . 

Clifton,  Ella  Dakin,  (2) 

Cock,  Effingham  Moses, 

Con  row,  William  Henry,  (2) 
Cook,  Ruth, 

Cooper,  William  Alfred,  . 
Cowdrey,  Harry,  ( 2 ) . 

Cowgill,  Alice  Clark, 

Davis;  Helen,  W 
Earle,  Mary/1) 

Eastburn,  Channing,  d) 

Evans,  David, 

Field,  Fannie  Ellis,  (2) 

Garrett,  Agnes,  d) 

Garrett,  Emily  H., 

Gil  lam,  Joseph  Richardson, . 
Gilkyson,  Joseph  Roman, 
Grange,  Ella  Virginia,  (2). 

Green,  Serena  Bremer, 

Grifien,  Walter  Haydock,. 
Hallowell,  Edwin,  (2) 

Hallowell,  Elizabeth  Williams,  , 
Hallowell,  Ellen  Lloyd, 
Hallowell,  Emma  Lloyd,  . 
Hallowell,  Mary  Jarrett, 
Hallowell,  Morris  Longstreth,  Jr., 
Hancock,  Lydia  Lippincott,  (2) 


CLASS  B. 

Kensico,  N.  Y. 
Philadelphia. 

Deal,  N.  J. 
Richmond,  Ind. 
Philadelphia. 
Richmond,  Ind. 

St.  Clair. 

Chester. 

Glencove,  N.  Y. 
Yardleyville. 
Milton,  Del. 
Philadelphia. 
Woodstown,  N J. 
Attleboro’. 
Chappaqua,  N.  Y. 
Philadelphia. 
Waynesville,  O. 
Philadelphia. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Dover,  Del. 
Philadelphia. 
Philadelphia. 
Newtown. 
Waynesville,  O. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Wilmington,  Del. 
Wilmington,  Del. 
Attleboro.’ 
Yardleyville. 
Philadelphia. 
Newtown  Square. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 
Huntingdon  Valley. 
Horsham. 

Huntingdon  Valley. 
Huntingdon  Valley. 
Huntingdon  Valley. 
Sh  oem  akerto  wn . 
Philadelphia. 


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Hanes,  Lizzie, 

Harris,  Catharine  Rowland,  (2) 
Harrison,  Annie  P., 

Hawkins,  Margaret  Bancroft, 
Hicks,  Sarah, 

Hoopes,  Barton,  Jr., 

Jones,  Anne  Gest, 

Kink,  Lillie  Johnson, 

Lewis,  John  Reece,  . 

Linton,  Mary, 

Lippincott,  Israel  Franklin,  (2) 
Longstreth,  Elizabeth  Jackson, 
Lord,  Ellen,  . 

Lukens,  Annie  Mary, 

Magill,  Eu  d ora, 

Mattson,  Thomas  Levi,  . 
Merritt,  Albert  Akin, 

Michener,  Agnes,  . 

Miller,  Ellen, . 

Morrell,  Marianna, 

Mott,  Edmund  Kirby, 

Mulford,  Mary  Busby, 

Noble,  Franklin, 

Norcross,  Sallie  D., 

Ogden,  Middleton, 

Parrish,  Elizabeth  Hunt, 

Pratt,  Margaret,  (*)  . 

Rittenhouse,  Ella  Warner, 
Roberts,  Kendall  Cole, 

Roberts,  Susan  Abbott,  . 
Satterthwait,  John  Jackson,  . 
Satterthwait,  Lydia  Paul, 
Satterthwaite,  Andrew  Ridgway 
Scott,  Elizabeth  Alice, 

Scull,  Anna  Malandreth, 
Shoemaker,  Mary  Jane,  . 
Smedley,  Joseph  Franklin,  d) 
Smith,  Erwin  Hulme,  Cl)  . 

Steel,  Gibson  North,  . 

Stubbs,  Ida  Ella,  , 

Sutton,  Matilda  Margaret,  C1) 
Titus,  Samuel  Townsend,  . 


. Woodstown,  N.  J. 

Philadelphia. 

. Cedarville,  0. 

Media. 

. Roslyn,  N.  Y. 

. Philadelphia. 

. Thornbury. 

Pittsburg. 

. Oakdale. 

Foxchase. 

. Marlton,  N.  J. 

. Darby. 

. Orange,  N.  J. 

. Kulpsville. 

. Swarthmore  College. 

. Port  Carbon. 

. Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

New  Hope. 

. Media. 

. Mamaroneck,  N.  Y.# 

. Roslyn,  N.  Y. 

Millville,  N.  J. 

. Jenkintown. 

Philadelphia. 

. Philadelphia. 

Swarthmore  College. 

. Newtown  Square. 

Rising  Sun,  Md. 

. Elgin,  111. 

Burlington,  N.  J. 

. Crosswicks,  N.  J. 

Jenkintown. 

. Trenton,  N.  J. 

Sandy  Spring,  Md. 

. Woodstown,  N.  J. 

Philadelphia. 

. Thorndale. 

Philadelphia. 

. Philadelphia. 

Nottingham. 

. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Glencove,  N.  Y. 


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Tomlinson,  Evans  Hutchins,  . 

Mt.  Holly,  N.  J. 

Turner,  Frank  Newcomb/2) 

. Port  Carbon. 

Valentine,  Ellwood, 

Glencove,  N.  Y. 

Valentine,  Richard  Kirk, 

. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Walter,  Emile,  <2> 

Englewood,  N.  J. 

Walton,  Sarah  Vail,  . 

. Trenton,  N.  J. 

Warner,  Sarah  Elizabeth, 

Selma,  0. 

Washburn,  Franklin  Joshua, 

. Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 

Whitson,  Oliver,  . 

Flushing,  N.  Y. 

Wilson,  Thomas  Williams,  . 

. Dover,  Del. 

Wood,  George  Washington, 

Conshohocken. 

Wood,  Rachel  Augusta, 

. Conshohocken. 

Worth,  William  Penn, 

Coatesville. 

CLASS 

C. 

Atlee,  Lillie,  . 

. Waverly  Heights. 

Battelle,  Frederic  Cuttler, 

Philadelphia. 

Battelle,  William  Smull, 

. Philadelphia. 

Bonsall,  Ethel, 

Upper  Darby. 

Bunting,  Henry  Mulford, 

. Philadelphia. 

Bunting,  John  Antrim,  . 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Cassin,  Eliza  Hunter, 

. Philadelphia. 

Cassin,  Isaac  Sharpless,  . 

Philadelphia. 

Cassin,  John,  . 

. Philadelphia. 

Chandlee,  Richard  Turner, 

Still  Pond,  Md. 

Curtis,  Penrose  Dunwoody,  . 

. Marple. 

Davison,  Alexander  Young,  (2) 

Oakdale. 

Evans,  Richard  Watson, 

. Philadelphia. 

Evans,  Thomas  Wiltberger, 

Philadelphia, 

Fetterman,  Thomas  Moore,  . 

. Philadelphia. 

Field,  Henry  Cromwell,  (2> 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Fuller,  Henry  Carrison,  (2) 

. New  York  City. 

Garrett,  Catharine  Wollaston,  (2) 

Wilmington,  Del. 

Geiger,  Edward  Wetherill, 

. Norristown. 

Given,  Jennie  Peebles,  (2)  . . 

Clifton  Hall. 

Given,  Singleton  Alexander  Mercer,  W Clifton  Hall. 

Gould,  Frederic  Herman, 

Philadelphia. 

Gould,  James  Gustard, 

. Philadelphia, 

Guiterman,  Joseph  Alexander,  . 

Port  Carbon. 

Hall,  Charles  Jones,  . 

. Philadelphia. 

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Hatten,  Owen,  Jr., 

Philadelphia. 

Hippie,  Henry  Lawrence, 

. Newtown  Square. 

Jewett,  William  Kennon,  (2) 

Steubenville,  0. 

Magill,  Beatrice, 

. Swarthmore  College. 

Magill,  Chalkley  Harvey, 

New  Hope. 

Merritt,  Daniel  Tobey, 

. Hart’s  Village,  N.  Y. 

Middleton,  Arthur  Howel, 

Philadelphia. 

Ogden,  Samuel  Rhoads, 

. Oakdale. 

Pancoast,  Albert,  . 

Alameda,  Cal. 

Pancoast,  Annie, 

. Alameda,  Cal. 

Passmore,  Mary  Catharine, 

West  Chester. 

Penrose,  Samuel  J arrett, 

. Horsham. 

Perot,  Francis,  Jr., 

Philadelphia. 

Quimby,  Mary  Esther, 

. Flushing,  N.  Y. 

Roberts,  Rebecca  Hunt,  . 

Burlington,  N.  J. 

Rowlett,  Morris  Longstreth,  . 

. Philadelphia. 

Saunders,  Edward  Hicks,  (2) 

Camden,  N.  J. 

Schofield,  Charles  Jonathan,  . 

. Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Shed  wick,  George  Washington,  . 

Philadelphia. 

Shedwick,  Henry  Clay, 

. Philadelphia. 

Simonds,  Franklin  Phinney, 

Belmont,  Mass. 

Wickersham,  John  Howard,  d) 

Mortonville. 

Willets,  Walter  Restore  Jones, 

. Old  Westbury,  N.  Y. 

Wisler,  Martin  Isaac,  (2)  . 

Philadelphia. 

Wood,  Lillie  Margaret, 

. Conshohocken. 

Wood,  Rosalind  H., 

Philadelphia. 

Wood,  Thomas  Dewees, 

. McKeesport. 

Freshmen, 


Class  A, 
Class  B, 
Class  C,  . 


SUMMARY. 

Collegiate  Department. 

Preparatory  Department. 


Whole  number  in 

u a 

u a 


attendance  during  the  year, 

" " first  term,  . 

“ second  term, 


26 


27 

94 

52 


199 

171 

188 


♦ 


Instruction. 


PHYSICAL  AND  VOCAL  CULTURE. 

Especial  attention  is  paid  to  preserving  tlie  health  and 
strength  of  all  the  students,  as  without  these  prerequisites  the 
prosecution  of  a course  of  study  must  be  greatly  retarded. 

Regular  daily  exercise  in  the  open  air  is  encouraged,  and  the 
extensive  play  grounds  connected  with  the  College  afford  great 
facility  for  this.  A large  room  is  appropriated  for  the  exclu- 
sive use  of  the  girls  as  a play  room  for  light  gymnastics,  and 
it  is  in  contemplation  to  erect  a complete  and  well  appointed 
gymnasium  for  the  boys. 

Excellent  ventilation  is  provided  for  in  the  construction  and 
management  of  the  College  building,  and  pure  air  is  introduced, 
moderately  heated  by  steam  radiators  in  the  cellar.  The 
chambers  are  thoroughly  ventilated  and  sufficiently  warmed 
from  the  corridors.  Baths,  supplied  with  hot  and  cold  water, 
are  accessible  to  all  the  students  daily,  and  every  provision 
has  been  made  for  health  and  comfort  which  a well  ordered 
modern  household  could  furnish. 

As  a means  of  strengthening  the  lungs  and  organs  of  speech 
while  imparting  a useful  and  desirable  accomplishment,  an 
elementary  course  of  vocal  culture,  with  instruction  in  reading 
and  declamation,  is  begun  with  the  younger  students  and  car- 
ried forward  to  the  more  advanced  classes,  who  are  exercised 
in  speaking  their  own  productions  and  selections  from  classical 
authors,  both  English  and  foreign. 

The  cultivation  of  the  eye  and  hand  by  regular  and  syste- 
matic training  in  Penmanship,  receives  due  attention  under  the 
direction  of  teachers  having  that  department  exclusively  in 
charge.  * 


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MORAL  AND  RELIGIOUS  TRAINING. 

Students  of  both  sexes,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Faculty, 
teachers,  and  officers  of  the  household,  are  associated  as  in  a well 
regulated  family,  and  their  influence  upon  each  other  is  found 
to  be  highly  beneficial.  The  discipline  is  of  a character  tend- 
ing to  encourage  and  strengthen  self-control. 

The  Faculty  fully  recognize  the  well  established  principle 
that  a body  of  young  persons  assembled  for  educational  pur- 
poses can  only  be  governed  effectually  by  creating  and  main- 
taining a high  moral  tone  among  them,  restraining  the  evil  ten- 
dencies of  the  few  by  the  general  fidelity  and  probity  of  the 
many. 

Restraint  enforced  by  the  arbitrary  exercise  of  authority  is 
necessarily  temporary  in  its  influence  and  never  in  itself  re- 
formatory, while  a successful  appeal  to  the  moral  sense  is  life- 
long in  its  effect  upon  character. 

The  constant  and  familiar  intercourse  of  the  students  with 
those  entrusted  with  their  instruction  and  government  affords 
frequent  occasion  for  imparting  to  them,  both  by  precept  and 
example,  such  motives  and  incentives  as  are  calculated  to  in- 
fluence them  for  good. 

The  higher  classes  attend  a regular  course  of  lectures  and 
examinations  by  the  President,  in  which  the  principles  of 
Christian  morality  are  discussed  and  applied  to  the  social  and 
political  questions  of  the  age. 

The  labors  of  each  day  are  terminated  by  a general  meeting 
for  reading  selected  portions  of  Scripture,  followed  by  a period 
of  solemn  silence  before  retiring  for  the  night. 

On  First-day  morning  the  students  are  assembled  in  their 
respective  classes  to  listen  to  reading  and  instruction  from 
their  teachers,  after  which  a religious  meeting  is  held,  attended 
by  all  the  students,  teachers,  and  members  of  the  houshold,  and 
by  occasional  visiting  Friends. 


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DEPAKTMENTS  OF  STUDY. 

These  departments  are  not  arranged  in  any  assumed  order  of 
precedence  or  importance,  but  each  as  filling  an  equal  and 
necessary  place  in  the  general  plan.  The  object  of  our  full 
course  of  study  being  to  make  symmetrically  developed  men 
and  women  of  broad  and  liberal  views,  no  one  department  is 
allowed  to  take  undue  prominence  at  the  expense  of  another. 

To  incite  students  to  make  the  best  use  of  the  advantages  at 
their  command,  and  to  promote  the  formation  of  habits  of 
punctuality  and  constant  thoughtfulness  in  the  performance  of 
duty,  a daily  record  is  kept  of  the  recitations  and  deportment 
of  each.  At  the  end  of  every  five  weeks  the  marks  received 
in  all  the  recitations  are  added  together,  and  from  this  aggre- 
gate deductions  are  made  for  irregularity  or  misdemeanor ; the 
remainder  determines  the  student’s  rank  for  the  month.  An 
abstract  of  this  record,  showing,  as  well  as  the  general  result, 
the  student’s  proficiency  in  each  department  of  study,  compared 
both  with  that  of  his  classmates  and  with  absolute  perfection, 
is  sent  to  the  parent  or  guardian. 

At  the  end  of  the  second  term  there  will  be  a written  ex- 
amination of  each  of  the  classes  for  admission  to  the  next 
higher,  on  the  studies  of  the  year ; and  in  determining  the 
student’s  rank  for  the  year,  equal  weight  will  be  given  to  the 
result  of  this  examination  and  to  the  daily  record  of  recitations 
and  deportment. 

The  Elective  System  has  been  adopted,  as  far  as  practicable 
from  the  beginning  of  the  College  course.  The  studies  of  each 
year  are  divided  into  two  classes — required  and  elective.  Every 
student  must  take  all  the  required  studies,  and  from  the  elec- 
tive must  choose  a certain  number  at  the  beginning  of  each 
year.  In  the  Freshmen  and  Sophomore  years,  four  studies  are 
elective — Greek,  German,  French,  and  Practical  Chemistry — of 
which  the  student  is  required  to  select  two.  In  the  last  two 
years  the  proportion  of  elective  studies  is  much  greater,  and 
will  be  still  further  enlarged  with  the  increase  of  the  resources 
of  the  College. 

Those  students  qualifying  themselves  for  the  profession  of 


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teaching  will  be  allowed  special  facilities  in  the  branches  of 
common  school  education,  and  every  effort  will  be  made,  com- 
patible with  a course  of  liberal  culture,  to  give  to  such  that 
kind  of  training  which  will  qualify  them  for  their  future  pur- 
suits. 

HISTORY  AND  GEOGRAPHY. 

This  study,  the  importance  of  which  has  secured  for  it  a 
place  throughout  the  entire  course,  is  pursued  with  special  re- 
ference to  a clear  and  correct  understanding  of  the  lessons  of 
the  past,  as  influencing  the  formation  of  individual  and 
national  character.  It  will  be  the  effort  of  the  teacher  to  show 
how,  with  varying  success,  the  struggle  of  intellectual  progress 
has  been  carried  forward.  No  text  book  will  be  followed  im- 
plicitly, but  the  students  will  be  encouraged  to  reason  and 
judge  for  themselves.  In  connection  with  the  history  of  each 
nation,  its  geography  will  be  taught,  maps  and  other  appli- 
ances being  brought  into  requisition. 

ENGLISH  LANGUAGE  AND  LITERATURE. 

The  literature  of  our  own  language  is  taught  as  a means 
of  intellectual  culture  and  refinement,  and  for  imparting  to  the 
student  a store  of  elevating  thoughts  and  expressions  culled 
from  the  works  of  gifted  minds.  The  memory  thus  enriched 
gives  to  domestic  life  a fund  of  literary  wealth  with  which 
to  adorn  and  refresh  its  every-day  intercourse,  and  the  taste 
and  imagination  so  educated  will  discriminate  justly  between 
that  which  is  worthless  and  pernicious  in  literature,  and  that 
which  is  wholesome  and  improving. 

The  course  includes  instruction  in  the  elements  of  the  lan- 
guage and  in  Rhetoric,  the  study  of  classical  authors,  and  con- 
stant practice  in  composition. 

Phonography. — Thorough  and  complete  instruction  in 
short-hand  writing  is  given  to  those  who  desire  it.  This  art 
will  be  found  an  important  aid  to  the  students  while  in  Col- 
lege, enabling  them  to  preserve  a record  of  oral  instruction, 
and  will  also  serve  a useful  purpose  through  life. 

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ANCIENT  LANGUAGES. 

Of  the  ancient  languages  the  Latin  only  is  required  in  a full 
course  of  study,  and  must  be  pursued  two  years  in  the  pre- 
paratory school,  and  the  first  two  years  of  the  collegiate  course. 
Greek  is  optional,  its  place  being  supplied  by  French  or  Ger- 
man. The  course  of  study  in  this  department  consists,  in  the 
preparatory  school,  of  a thorough  elementary  drill  in  forms 
and  constructions,  a work  which,  if  well  done,  will  be  a sure 
foundation  for  those  who  are  to  pursue  their  studies  to  the 
end  of  the  c<  urse,  and  a most  effective  means  of  intellectual 
drill  for  those  who  never  advance  further  than  the  elements. 
The  standard  classical  works  which  have,  by  long  experience, 
been  proved  to  be  best  adapted  for  instruction  in  the  ancient 
languages  will  be  adopted  in  this  College.  In  studying  these 
it  will  ever  be  borne  in  mind  that  a critical  comparison  of  the 
various  forms  of  human  speech  as  expressive  of  thought  in  all 
ages,  having  especial  reference  to  the  acquisition  of  greater 
power  over  our  own,  is  one  of  the  chief  ends  in  view  in  pursu- 
ing a course  of  classical  study. 

MODERN  LANGUAGES. 

French  is  required  during  the  last  two  years  in  the  prepara- 
tory school.  During  the  college  course  French  and  German 
are  elective  studies.  The  method  pursued  in  giving  instruc- 
tion in  modern  as  in  ancient  languages,  keeps  prominently 
in  view  the  development  of  the  mind  both  by  a thorough 
mastery  of  the  languages  themselves  and  a careful  comparison 
of  these  with  our  own  and  each  other ; thereby  cultivating  ac- 
curacy of  thought  and  expression,  rather  than  the  acquisition 
of  a few  commonplace  phrases,  and  the  ability  to  hold  a broken 
conversation  upon  ordinary  topics  in  a foreign  tongue.  In  the 
selection  of  text  books  care  is  taken,  both  in  French  and 
German,  to  adopt  only  the  works  of  those  who  are  the  ac- 
knowledged classics  of  their  own  country,  a due  proportion 
consisting  of  the  productions  of  writers  of  our  own  times.  An 
important  part  of  this  course,  in  the  advanced  classes,  will  be 
the  production  of  original  essays  in  French  and  German. 


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MATHEMATICS  AND  ASTRONOMY. 

The  study  of  Mathematics,  valuable  alike  in  its  practical 
utility  and  in  strengthening  and  training  the  reasoning  powers, 
holds  an  important  place,  particularly  in  the  early  part  of  the 
course,  being  required  until  the  end  of  the  Sophomore  year. 
In  the  Preparatory  Department,  after  a thorough  drill  in 
Arithmetic,  both  mental  and  written,  the  student  devotes  a 
year  to  the  study  of  Geometry  and  Algebra.  The  latter  is 
continued  in  the  collegiate  course,  and  is  followed  by  Trigo- 
nometry and  kindred  branches,  together  with  practice  in  field 
surveying.  The  outlines  of  Astronomy  will  be  taught  in  the 
Sophomore  year.  In  the  last  two  years  of  the  course  instruc- 
tion will  be  given  to  those  who  desire  it,  in  the  higher  Mathe- 
matics and  their  application  to  the  more  abstruse  problems  of 
Physics  and  Astronomy. 

PHYSICS  AND  CHEMISTRY 

As  a preparation  for  the  systematic  study  of  Chemistry, 
which  is  prominent  both  as  a required  and  elective  study  in 
the  collegiate  course,  a series  of  descriptive  and  experimental 
lectures  upon  “ common  things  ” is  given  to  the  several  classes 
in  the  Preparatory  Department.  In  these  lectures  many  of 
the  leading  constituents  of  the  earth’s  crust  and  the  vegetable 
productions  used  as  food  and  in  the  arts,  and  the  products 
manufactured  from  them,  are  exhibited  and  described.  As 
preliminary  to  the  scientific  study  of  all  the  forces  of  nature, 
the  science  of  weighing  and  measuring  and  the  elements  of 
mechanics  are  taught  in  the  Preparatory  Department.  In  the 
College  classes  Chemistry  and  Physics  are  taught  orally,  by 
text  books,  and  by  practice  in  the  laboratory,  the  aim  being  to 
secure  thoroughness  and  completeness  instead  of  the  superficial 
knowledge  of  these  subjects  which  too  often  passes  current. 

NATURAL  SCIENCES 

Botany,  Mineralogy,  Geology,  Comparative  Anatomy, 
Zoology,  and  Physiology  are  all  taught  during  the  course. 
These  studies  furnish  the  mind  with  a vast  array  of  classified 
facts,  which,  by  the  study  of  the  Types  of  Creation  during  the 


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senior  year,  are  clothed  with  their  highest  significance.  Most 
of  the  instruction  in  Natural  Sciences  is  in  the  form  of  lectures 
and  examinations,  and  the  habit  of  taking  full  and  accurate 
notes  is  regarded  as  a most  important  exercise. 

MORAL  AND  POLITICAL  PHILOSOPHY. 

The  scientific  study  of  these  branches  is  reserved  till  the  last 
years  of  the  course,  when  the  student  will  bring  a mind  devel- 
oped by  previous  pursuits  and  trained  to  habits  of  accurate 
thinking,  to  the  investigation  of  the  laws  of  the  mind  itself, 
to  the  principles  of  International  Law,  the  interesting  and  im- 
portant questions  of  Political  Economy,  and  the  intricate  prob- 
lems of  Social  Science. 

LECTURES. 

Besides  the  oral  instruction  to  the  several  classes,  which  is 
connected  with  examinations  and  affects  the  grading  of  the 
students,  there  are  frequent  general  lectures  upon  subjects  con- 
nected with  Science,  Literature  and  the  Arts,  to  which  all,  or 
those  who  may  desire  it,  are  admitted.  These  are  considered 
an  important  part  of  the  general  plan  of  instruction.  Among 
others  who  have  lectured  at  Swarthmore  during  the  current 
year  were  Prof.  Goldwin  Smith,  of  Oxford  University,  England, 
and  Prof.  Maria  Mitchell,  of  Yassar  College,  New  York. 


Requisites  for  ^bmission. 


Applicants  for  admission  to  Class  C will  be  examined  in  the 
elements  of  English  Grammar,  Reading,  Spelling,  Modern 
Geography,  and  in  Arithmetic,  through  Decimal  Fractions. 

Candidates  for  any  higher  class  will  be  further  examined  in 
the  studies  of  the  course  which  precede  those  of  that  class  ; for 
which,  however,  real  equivalents  will  be  accepted. 

Application  for  admission  for  the  next  Academic  year  should 
be  made,  personally  or  by  letter,  to  the  President  of  the  Col- 
lege, at  least  ten  days  before  the  opening  of  the  Fall  term ; and 
candidates  must  present  themselves  for  examination  at  12 
o’clock,  on  Third-day,  the  6th  of  the  Ninth  month,  1870. 


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i. 

PREPARATORY  DEPARTMENT. 

FIRST  YEAR. — (CLASS  C.) 

1.  History  and  Geography. — Anderson’s  Grammar  School  His- 

tory of  the  United  States.  Mitchell’s  Atlas. 

2.  English. — Brown’s  Institutes  of  English  Grammar.  Or- 

thography. Reading.  Writing. 

8.  Mathematics. — Brooks’ Normal  Written  Arithmetic.  Brooks’ 
Mental  Arithmetic. 

4.  Natural  Science. — Familiar  Lectures,  Experiments,  and 
Examinations  on  “ Common  Things.” 

SECOND  YEAR.— (CLASS  B.) 

1.  History  and  Geography. — Goodrich’s  History  of  England. 

. English. — Composition.  Orthography.  Reading.  Writing. 

. Latin. — Harkness’  Grammar  and  Reader.  Caesar.  Hark- 
ness’  Prose  Composition. 

4.  French. — Magill’s  Grammar  and  Introductory  Reader. 

5.  Mathematics. — Brooks’  Normal  Written  Arithmetic  Sher- 

win’s  Algebra. 

6.  Natural  Science. — Lectures  and  Examinations  on  “ Common 

Things.”  Elements  of  Botany  and  of  Zoology. 

THIRD  YEAR.— (CLASS  A.) 

1.  History  and  Geography. — Bloss’  Ancient  History,  (An- 

derson.) 

2.  English. — Collier’s  History  of  English  Literature.  Compo- 

sition. Orthography.  Reading  and  Declamation.  Writing. 

* As  the  higher  classes  of  the  College  are  not  yet  organized,  this  out. 
line,  especially  with  reference  to  those  classes,  is  liable  to  important 
modifications. 


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3.  Latin. — Hanson’s  Latin  Prose  Book.  Harkness’  Latin 

Grammar  and  Prose  Composition. 

4.  French. — Magill’s  Prose  and  Poetry.  Magill’s  Grammar. 

5.  Mathematics. — Davies’  Legendre’s  Geometry.  Alsop’s  Alge- 

bra begun. 

6.  Natural  Science. — Physical  Geography.  Botany. 

7.  Physics. — Elements  of  Mechanics.  Metrology. 

8.  Ethics. — Dymond’s  Essays  on  the  Principles  of  Morality. 

Lectures. 


II. 

COLLEGIATE  DEPARTMENT. 

FRESHMAN  YEAR. 

1.  History  and  Geography. — Smith’s  History  of  Greece.  Lid- 

dell’s History  of  Rome.  Kiepert’s  Atlas  Antiquus. 

2.  English. — Shaw’s  Manual  of  English  Literature.  Themes. 

Elocution. 

3.  Latin. — Hanson  and  Rolfe’s  Latin  Poetry.  Livy,  (Lin 

coin’s  Selections.)  Harkness’  Grammar  and  Prose  Compo- 
sition. Baird’s  Classical  Manual. 

4.  Mathematics. — Alsop’s  Algebra  continued  through  Quad- 

ratic Equations.  Gummere’s  Plane  Trigonometry  and 
Surveying. 

5.  Natural  Science. — Botany.  Zoology.  Physiology  and 

Hygiene. 

6.  Chemistry. — Elements  of  Inorganic. 

7.  Ethics. — Dymond’s  Essays.  Lectures. 

Elective  Studies. 

1.  Greek. — Sophocles’  Grammar.  Xenophon’s  Anabasis.  Ar- 

nold’s Prose  Composition. 

2.  German. — Whitney’s  Grammar.  Adler’s  Reader.  Compo- 

sition. 

3.  French. — Fenelon’s  Teldmaque.  Histoire  de  Charles  XII. 

Grammaire  Erangaise  de  Noel  et  Chapsal.  Themes. 

4.  Practical  Chemistry. — Laboratory  Exercises.  Synthesis. 


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SOPHOMORE  YEAR. 

1.  History  and  Geography. — History  of  the  Middle  Ages. 

History  of  France  since  the  15th  Century. 

2.  English. — History  of  English  Literature  continued.  Themes. 

Elocution. 

3.  Latin. — Horace,  Odes.  Cicero,  De  Claris  Oratoribus,  De 

Senectute,  and  De  Amicitia.  Zumpt’s  Grammar.  Compo- 
sition. Ramsay’s  Roman  Antiquities. 

4.  Mathematics. — Lewis’  Plane  and  Spherical  Trigonometry, 

Conic  Sections,  and  Spherical  Projections. 

5.  Astronomy . — Herschel’s  Outlines  of  Astronomy. 

6.  Natural  Science. — Mineralogy,  Zoology,  Geology. 

7.  Chemistry. — Inorganic. 

8.  Physics. — Mechanics. 

Elective  Studies. 

1.  Greek. — Xenophon’s  Anabasis.  Homer.  Sophocles’  Gram- 

mar. Arnold’s  Prose  Composition. 

2.  German. — Schiller’s  Wilhelm  Tell.  Goethe’s  Goetz  von 

Berlichingen.  Whitney’s  Grammar.  Composition. 

3.  French. — Si£cle  de  Louis  XIV.  Mme.  de  Stael,  De  l’Al- 

lemagne.  Selections  from  contemporary  writers.  French 
Literature.  Lectures  on  French  Literature.  Themes. 

4.  Practical  Chemistry. — Qualitative  Analysis. 

JUNIOR  YEAR. 

1.  History  and  Geography. — History  of  England.  History  of 

Civilization. 

2.  English. — Rhetoric.  Themes. 

3.  Philosophy. — Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy. 

4.  Chemistry. — Inorganic.  Elements  of  Organic. 

5.  Physics. — Phenomena  of  Light,  Heat  and  Electrichy. 

Elective  Studies. 

1.  Greek. — Selections  from  Greek  Literature.  Grammar  and 
Composition.  Lectures  on  Greek  Antiquities. 


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2.  Latin. — Selections  from  Latin  Literature.  Zumpt’s  Gram- 
mer.  Composition.  Lectures  on  Roman  Antiquities. 

8.  German. — Selections  from  German  Literature.  Essays  in 
German.  Lectures  on  German  Literature. 

4.  French. — Selections  from  French  Literature.  Original 

Essays  in  French.  Declamations  in  French,  original  and 
selected.  Lectures  on  the  French  Language  and  Literature. 

5.  Mathematics. — Advanced  Algebra.  Analytical  Geometry. 

Differential  and  Integral  Calculus. 

6.  Practical  Chemistry. — Quantitative  Analysis.  Photography. 

SENIOR  YEAR. 

1.  History. — Philosophy  of  History. 

2.  English. — Themes. 

3.  Philosophy. — Ethics.  Political  Economy.  The  Law  of 

Nations,  and  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

4.  Comparative  Philology. 

5.  Natural  Science. — Typical  forms  in  Creation. 

6.  Physics. — Correlation  of  Forces. 

7.  Chemistry. — Organic. 

Elective  Studies. 

1.  Greek. — Selections  from  Greek  Literature.  Composition. 

Lectures  on  Greek  Literature. 

2.  Latin. — Selections  from  Latin  Literature.  Composition. 

Lectures  on  Latin  Literature. 

3.  German. — Selections  from  German  Literature.  Essays. 

Lectures  on  the  German  Language. 

4.  French. — Selections  from  French  Literature.  Original  Es- 

says in  French.  Declamations  in  French,  original  and  se- 
lected. Lectures  on  the  French  Language  and  Literature. 

5.  Physics  and  Astronomy. — Analytical  Mechanics.  Theoreti- 

cal and  Practical  Astronomy. 

6.  Natural  History. — Comparative  Anatomy. 

7.  Practical  Chemistry. — Organic  Analysis.  Applied  Chemis- 

try. 


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HOUSEHOLD  DEPARTMENT, 


MATRON, 

HELEN  G.  LONGSTRETH. 

SUPERINTENDENT, 

JOSEPH  LEWIS,  Jr. 

HOUSEKEEPER, 

PRISCILLA  T.  SPEAKMAN. 

RECEIVER  OF  GUESTS, 

HETTY  SAUNDERS. 

Assistants  in  Charge  of  Nurseries  and  Dormitories, 


ANN  R.  KNIGHT, 


SUSAN  S.  CASSIN. 


$;Ite  Ijo  uphold. 


In  the  organization  of  this  College  unusual  care  has  been 
oxtended  to  the  personal  comfort  and  social  interests  of  its 
inmates.  Under  the  care  of  the  Matron  and  her  assistants,  the 
lodging  rooms  and  bedding  are  daily  supervised  and  thoroughly 
aired.  The  dining  room  is  so  organized  that  the  students  of 
both  sexes,  under  supervision  of  the  officers  of  instruction  and 
of  the  household,  are  associated  at  tables  of  suitable  size  for 
general  conversation.  Besides  the  collecting  rooms,  which  are 
confined  to  purposes  of  study,  and  the  reading  rooms,  in  which 
no  conversation  is  allowed,  there  are  several  parlors,  one  ap- 
propriated exclusively  to  the  girls,  in  which  the  social  inter- 
course does  not  differ  from  that  of  a well  ordered  home,  except 
in  such  restrictions  as  are  rendered  necessary  by  the  large  num  - 
bers  resorting  to  them. 

In  case  of  serious  sickness,  information  will  be  sent  to  pa- 
rents or  guardians,  and  the  utmost  care  and  attention  will  be 
bestowed  by  the  officers  of  the  household.  A neighboring 
physician  calls  at  the  College  at  intervals,  or  one  will  be  sent 
for  promptly,  if  required. 

OUTFIT. 

Parents  sending  their  children  to  Swarthmore  are  earnestly 
desired  to  aid  the  Faculty  in  controlling  the  growing  tendency 
to  extravagance  and  display.  Although  no  form  of  dress  is 
prescribed  for  either  sex,  such  plain  attire  as  is  appropriate  to 
school  life  is  especially  recommended ; expensive  materials  and 
unnecessary  trimmings  are  discouraged,  and  ear-rings,  bracelets 
and  necklaces  prohibited. 

Besides  being  supplied  with  a change  of  suitable  under  and 
outer  clothing,  which  in  the  case  of  girls  should  include  a 
water-proof  cloak  and  over-shoes,  each  student  should  be  sup- 
plied with  six  towels,  six  table  napkins,  two  clothes  bags ; also, 
a hair  brush,  comb,  tooth  brush,  nail  brush,  and  toilet  soap. 
A wrapper,  slippers  and  umbrella  are  recommended  as  part  of 
the  outfit.  Every  article  must  be  marked  with  full  name  of 
the  owner. 

Students,  before  coming  to  the  College,  should  visit  a demist 
for  the  proper  care  of  the  teeth,  in  order  to  avoid  one  of  the 
most  common  causes  of  interruption  in  study. 


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Visiting  itnb  Cc;tbe  of  Absence. 

Students  are  not  allowed  to  receive  visitors  on  the  first  day 
of  the  week,  and  must  not  be  disturbed  in  their  studies  or  reci- 
tations at  any  time.  Fourth-day  afternoon  is  appropriated  to 
receiving  the  visits  of  friends  and  relatives,  and  the  school  ex- 
ercises are  suspended  for  that  purpose.  Persons  specially  in- 
terested in  education  and  desirous  of  examining  the  methods  of 
instruction  and  discipline  will  be  welcomed  at"all  suitable  times, 
and  should,  when  convenient,  correspond  with  the  President 
in  advance. 

Students  desirous  of  visiting  their  homes  at  intervals,  or  for 
any  special  purpose,  must  procure  written  requests  from  their 
parents  or  guardians,  and  parents  consenting  that  their  chil- 
dren shall  accompany  others  to  their  homes  during  the  school 
term  must  write  to  that  effect. 


<!,  errns  ;tnb  Vacations. 

Commemoration  Day  is  the  last  Fourth-day  of  the  Sixth 
month.  The  first  term  commences  ten  weeks  thereafter  and 
continues  twenty-one  weeks,  followed,  without  recess,  by  the 
second  term,  which  is  of  the  same  duration.  Besides  the  vaca- 
tion of  ten  weeks  in  the  summer,  there  is  a recess  of  one  week 
in  the  course  of  each  term. 


The  price  of  board  and  tuition,  including  all  the  branches 
taught  in  the  College  and  Preparatory  school,  has  been  fixed  for 
the  current  year  at  $175  per  term  of  twenty  weeks.  This  sum 
includes  the  use  of  books,  and  as  it  is  desirable  to  many  students, 
especially  in  the  advanced  classes,  to  carry  away  with  them 
the  text  books  used  in  the  course  of  their  studies,  these  will 
be  furnished  them  at  a discount  on  ordinary  prices. 

Day  scholars  will  pay  $100  per  term,  including  dinner  at  the 
tables  with  the  resident  students,  and  the  use  of  books  not 
taken  out  of  the  building. 

Pajrments  are  to  be  made  in  advance  by  check  or  draft 
drawn  to  the  order  of  Henry  M.  Laing,  No.  30  North  3d  St., 
Philadelphia. 


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